Rules of Oklahoma Gin

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Gary Zyer for Expert Village. Let's see some more variations in the rules. There is also a round-the-corner rule, when Ace is high and low. What would be an example of a round-the-corner rule? Here we have a King, an Ace, and then a two. So, we see that the Ace is high because it comes after the King, but it's also low because it comes before the two. The next variation I'm going to tell you about is worth knowing because it is a very popular Rummy game and has it's own name, called Oklahoma Gin. In Oklahoma Gin, the game is played exactly the same as Gin Rummy except the first card that is turned over in the discard pile determines the point value that a player can knock. In this example, if we were playing Oklahoma Gin, when we turn over the first card we see that it's a three of clubs. That would mean if a person would want to knock in this hand, he would have to have a point value of three or lower in his unmatched cards. There are two more rules when playing Oklahoma Gin. One is that if the card is an Ace, there is no knocking in that hand at all. And if it is a spade, all point values for the hand are doubled. That means the difference between the total point values for both players is going to be greater, which would mean more prize money if you're playing dollar per point."